The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume], December 23, 1943, Image 1

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(161 A XXIX
Posl Office is
Swamped Will:
Floods oi Mail
15 Extra clerks and
still not able to get
cleaned up daily
With fifteen extra clerks, five
of them women, the local post
office is desperately trying to
win out from beneath the flood
of Christmas cards 6 packages
Which has threateng to drown
the entire force for the must~ three
weeks. ‘
Postmaster Lincoln’s hair—had
he any—would have turned de-
Steel lighter as a result of the past
month’s work. The flood started
earlier, has been bigger day by
day and has lasted longer than
anything ever before experienced
in the local office. The increase
has been more than half as great
as last year which set an all time
record for the local office.
In one day alone more than ten
thousand envelopes were run
‘hmugh the cancellig machine,
he l'ePOrts. This of course, does
not include the thousands of pack
age: and parcels of every size and
dascription. Stamp sales were far
and away greater than anything
ever before experienced and the
demand has kept a money order
clerk steadily on the job for the
past month.
In ‘normal’ times, one pickup
mick has been able to handle the
mail to the trains. Now two
trucks are on the job, running
double shifts, and they are piled
high evey trip. There is one
extra carrier and two extra parcel
post delivery men, to say nothing
0‘ the five women clerks and eight
extra men. The office itself is
‘OO Elna]! by far to handle any
Such quantity of mail, with par
¢Blß and sacks piled nearly to the
Owing in every available space.
B°an cases are jammed and even
fP’St class mail has had to wait un
til it could be dug out from the
mounds.
' For .the past week the lobby has
been Jammed with patrons, with
10118 lines before each window.
OUR BOYS IN THE SERVICE
ARTHUR DRAZY
Drazy is a gunner'in an anti-air
craft battalion and is stationed in
the yorth _PacificLas his mail goes
through the Seattle APO.—
Scouts to Collect Papers
And Cans Next Monday
3 The Boy Scouts did pretty well
last Saturday on their paper and
tin can collection. They gathered
’about S4O worth of stuff. Many of
fthe homes hadn’t prepared their
‘cans and papers for collection on
such short notice, so the collection
.wasn’t as complete as was de
‘sired. The boys have again se
cured the city’s truck and will
‘make another collection Monday
‘morning, Decs. 27. Householders
‘who would like to have the cans
and papers collected will please
leave them out in the front yard,
that morning, as that will be the
last collection.
Papers and magazines should be
tied in bundles separately. Cans
should be clean, de-labeled, ends
cut out and flattened and left in
the sacks or cartons for easy hand
ling.
Residents outside the city limits
are urged to bring their papers to
the Columbia Irrigation District
office where they will be taken
care of. The cans should be tak
en to the small new building “op
posite the Kennewick hotel.
KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON; THURSDAY, DEéEMBER,23,I943_
Kennewick Valley AAA
Election Held ,Again
An election for the purpose of
electing community committee of
ficials for the Kennewick Valley
area of Benton County will be held
again December 27th at the assem
bly mom at the AAA office in
Kennewick. At that time what in
formation available will be given
out regarding farmer’s needs and
supplies.
As there were not enough mem
bers from this district-present on
December 16th to hold an election,
a large attendance is earnestly re
quested. Make it a point to come.
Alma Circle will meet next Mon
day, Dec. 27 with Mrs H. 3. Oliver
on Kennewick avenue.
it: , n!) In, the star, whirh they earn in 5
"'4 E the east; ment before ‘them, till «it
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they reyuueb tmth exreehmg great my. gun .mhmen
'they were eome into the house, they gain the ynulnlfg
rhilh with Mary, ibis: mother, nub tell hotnn, arm
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worshipper 391 m; arm when they huh upeneb their
treasures, they presenter unto faint gifts; goth,-
frankinrense arm myrrh. _ i
' ~ whe gospel aerorhing to St. matthem
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Need More Names
Principal Ray Normile says he
is sure there are more names avail
able for the local school’s service
record. ' The proposed plaque
should contain the name, rank and
outfit of every boy or girl in the
service, whoever attended the
Kennewick high school. If you
knOw of a youngster, in the serv
ice, do him the honor of reporting
his name for inclusion in the
school list. Please report to Mr.
Normile personaly.
Fain L. Young, SFS/c, brother of
Mrs. Jacobs and son of Mrs. Mazie
Young of Seattle, formerly of Fin
ley, is here on a furlough visiting
relatives and friends. He is a mem
ber of the Seebees. ‘
Combination Drive Nets
About Half of Quota
While the county went far and
above its quota on the War Chest
drive, the. Kennewick drive fell
down considerably. The Kenne
wick drive was a combination
of War Chest, Recreations: rum!
and Community Chest. The quo
tas were such that, after the div
ision, the Recreational Fund re
ceived about half the S2OOO needed
and the Community Chest :1 sim
ilar division.
The War Chest drive. with a
county quota of SOOOO, totaled
more than three times that sum,
something over $22,000 having
been raised. Of course, a large
part of this amount came from the
nearby project.
OUR BOYS IN THE SERVICE
Pf/c ROBERT DESGRANGES "
Son of Mr. and Mrs. McKinley‘
bass-ranges of the River Road, is
taking special training at Ft. Knox. l
Christmas Seal Sale
Bigger Than Ever Before
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so My in purchasing
Chm-380m
May Room: and Happiness be
yours through ii“.
A box of money weighing about
«poundswassentdowntromthe
Hanfond schools to Mrs. J. R.
Ayers this week. She is chair
man of the Benton County Tuber
culosis league and has been in
charge of the sale of the little
Christmas Seals. The Hanford
schools asked for a shipment of
seals and their contributions, in
pennies, nickles, dimes and quar
ters made the heavy box. The
sum of their contributions was
$221.34, according to the count.
Without a tabulation from the
upper end of the country, Mrs.
Ayers reports receipts from the
sale of more than S2OOO. One
hundred fifty dollars of this came
tromthesaleofthestampsinthe
booth at the local postoffioe.
lateronacompietereportwill
beglvenotthereceiptstromthe
sale.
'Ask Another
Footbridge [or
New School House
I. Council again talks of
opening dead end
streets in Gardens
Matter of the construction of a
new footbridge across the canal
at Fruitlsnd street to handle the
traffic for Kennewick's new school
house. came before the city coun
cil Tuesday evening. Application
hsd-flsc been made for a street
*bridze. but inasmuch as Canal
street parallels the ditch in front
of the new building-site and has
n crossing at Kennewick Avenue
and one at Dayton street, the
council came to the conclusion that
the footbridge would be sufficient.
Figures on the construction of the
bridge will be secured from con
tractors.
Discussion sgsin cane up re
gsnding the opening of the dead
end streets in the. Garden Tracts.
These avenues have no connecting
cross streets from Harries-d street
to the city limits, aid only one
of the five avenues is cut thru
past the city limits. None con
nect with the highway. Further
investigation of the possibilities
will he undertskui.
Couple Wed
Glenn E. Cox and Nellie De
mut were married Saturday at
temoon by Justice of the Peace
33 E. Red. The young man. non
of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Cox of the
WentmdtbearmyMon
day of this week. His wife lived
at Longview. Parents of the lax-idea
groom were witnesses to the cere
‘mony.
Auction Gifts
More than S3O was raised Tues
day noon at the regular meeting of
the Kiwanis club, when the Christ
mas gifts which each member brot
were auctioned off. The proceeds
were forwarded to the Orthopedic
hospital at Seattle. There was
much merriment over the blind
purchases and prices really ran up.
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